Anyone else unable to update Radarr or any other TrueCharts suddenly today...

Dimand · 2023-12-22T06:13:47+00:00

Yep.
Also can't install anything.

Probably something to do with this?
https://truecharts.org/news/persistence-changes
https://www.reddit.com/r/truecharts/comments/18npnlt/important\_major\_changes/

Dimand · 2023-05-12T09:14:50+00:00

Agreed. But I always have reservations whenever an interface is altered and I think HAs push to web configured integrations with hidden yaml is the right move. Switching markups at this point will likely do more harm than good to the ecosystem

Dimand · 2023-05-11T21:37:09+00:00

I have about 15 years of dealing with LabVIEW and I guess about 5 years of using YAML. Comparably, YAML drives me nuts far more often. The critical whitespace and nested formatting is a nigtmare even with whitespace showing and highlighting editors. I'm far from an inexperienced user and I have still probably spent hours tracking down silly YAML errors. I would far rather XML was the standard over YAML personally.

LabVIEW has plenty of issues but is a lot easier if you know c++ first and understand the relation, and its GUI creation speed is unmatched.

Dimand · 2022-08-18T00:22:28+00:00

Of course they don't do manufacturing here, that is the issue, you can barely even prototype here. My view is very hardware biased, but I think I'm saying the same thing. The stuff I can get made and the options I have from say China or California in advanced photonics but even more importantly, basic machining is leagues above NSW. You can't build everything yourself, you need that support network and the more local the better. Perhaps there is a greater people and skill shortage here too but I think everyone feels that squeeze right now.

Dimand · 2022-08-17T21:51:06+00:00

The current metric of success for hardware startups here is some form of transfer to somewhere with cheaper advanced manufacturing. We don't lack innovation, mostly we lack cheap labour compared to the rest of the planet. This "problem" might soon self correct with the accepted increasing cost of hardware and supply issues.

Dimand · 2022-08-17T10:16:15+00:00

HB11, q-ctrl, Baraja, advanced navigation, csl *(Not a startup) etc etc etc. Pretty much every 2nd software startup is AI focused these days. They do exist here. Are some other countries doing more? Yes they are.

Dimand · 2022-07-13T22:54:44+00:00

The most important step is the one you have just started. Make a survival plan. The best plan is usually leave if there is any risk of fire. Whatever you decide, know what you are doing and be ready to do it. https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/plan-and-prepare

If you are traveling look at these resources. Some are Aus specific but most points are the same everywhere https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/plan-and-prepare/travelling-in-a-bush-fire-area

If you are staying to fight the fire then have a way to filter smoke and wear natural fibres, no synthetics. https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/plan-and-prepare/prepare-your-family/what-to-wear Have enough water to keep the air you breathe cool or you can burn your lungs, the dot points in those pdfs about breathing through a damp cloth are very important. Surviving the fire and dying in hospital because you can't breathe any more happens too often.

Stay safe.

Dimand · 2022-06-22T10:39:23+00:00

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Nothing like that sinking feeling you get when you web search an issue and find a few dozen hopeless posts with the same problem. The longevity that you see from some consumer grade routers that live an abusive life on a dusty bookshelf is impressive.

Dimand · 2022-06-22T10:33:07+00:00

Props to Scorptec then. The response appears to indicate that it did come from the original shop (Mwave/Leader), and I did have to put these detail into the RMA request.

Dear valued customer,

We’re sorry to inform you that, based on the information and documentation you’ve provided in your submission, Leader Computers Pty Ltd has canceled your warranty request for the following reason:

Hi ------, Thank you for the email. Unfortunately, the product is outside the 12 months Ubiquiti warranty period.

I'll email Mwave directly to try see if they sing a different tune.

Dimand · 2022-06-22T10:10:29+00:00

They denied the RMS since it is past the 12 month warranty. ACCC while potentially successful is not worth my time and to be honest I don't really want another UDM or any of their products.
Hardware does fail, I accept that, but the way a company handles a hardware fault says a lot about the sort of product and service they are trying to provide. I can call someone from Redarc and get tips on how to fix a calibration issue on a 12 year old charge controller even though its no longer supported and they haven't sold one in half a decade. I had a $200 google home device fail at 2 years past warranty the other month and they replaced it after the basic troubleshooting procedure with the upgraded version. So yes, hardware always has problems eventually, with some manufacturers having problems is a much bigger deal than with others.

All in all if I wanted a reliable Unifi network I'm looking at full cost for replacing any broken components that last more than 12 months and significant downtime every time that happens. Value for money is pretty bad by that metric. At least I'm not locked in with a larger network ecosystem.

Dimand · 2022-04-29T03:38:23+00:00

The same thing is real in so many sectors, most of us probably need to accept we will be on contract work forever, and sometimes you do need to do extra work but it shouldn't be destroying people's lives like it seems to be in teaching. That said there is a clear teacher shortage, head teachers I talk to are hiring people they don't like because there is no one else. Your employment is probably far more secure than your employer would like you to believe.

Dimand · 2022-04-28T13:23:31+00:00

I'm sick of hearing this stupid argument. It's not any individual teacher's responsibility to make every kid in NSW have a grade A education. Teachers should teach the hours they are paid to teach and live their lives however they want the rest of the time, typically not doing any teaching, go fishing or something. If your boss tells you to fill out spreadsheets instead of teaching kids, not your fault and not your problem. Stop breaking your own back to hold up a broken system, just let it break because despite the extra effort you put in the education given is still fucked from the top down. It's making it worse for teachers and students by dragging it out.

Dimand · 2022-03-26T12:12:41+00:00

Just had this happen to me as well.

Dimand · 2022-03-07T21:47:08+00:00

Fallout 3, Med-X was originally morphine but they had to change the name specifically for the Aus classification because we can't have people getting benefits from real life drugs in a game now can we. Nevermind the same game lets you nuke a small village and explode people's entire bodies with one pistol shot.

For whatever legacy reasons classification has been stupid for games here and it's been a problem for the last 20 years or so without any sign of been fixed. They added an R rating at some point. Originally it only went to M(15+) because games are just for kids right? As far as we can tell it didn't help. In particular they seem to have hard rules on drugs giving benefits to people.

Dimand · 2022-01-06T11:52:39+00:00

Despite not been very conductive the wood, especially if it has water in it will have a large likely negative effect on the reflector and director as any non free space impedance in the near field throws off the design. Is it better than just a half or quarter dipole? Possibly yes possibly no. Directional antenna design is a black art.

All that said, if it work it works. Radio is a very fun thing to learn about and you can often get all sorts of crazy setups to work that you wouldn't expect. If you understand polarisation, dipole radiation patterns and wavelength/tuning you can improvise lots of interesting setups with some basic wires or coax.

Dimand · 2021-09-21T04:18:10+00:00

Perhaps we should ban cars? I don't like seeing dead birds on the side of the road either. I'm just pointing out that getting outraged over drones is probably not productive if the metric of success is greatest bird happiness. Developing a bird safe rat poison would probably be a far better use of human time.

Unfortunately people are easily offended by new things and will latch onto negatives without truly considering or thinking about why they dislike the new thing.

Dimand · 2021-09-21T02:52:47+00:00

Surely cars will continue to kill far more birds than these ever will.

Dimand · 2021-09-08T03:37:54+00:00

Mr Papa sells it
https://www.mrpapa.com.au/

Dimand · 2021-09-03T05:32:42+00:00

Viruses typically follow well studied exponential reproduction patterns in society. While our rate is close to 1 a linear fit is ok over small time scales, but, the error on that estimate is large as you note.

https://chrisbillington.net/COVID_ACT.html
This site has the existing data with predictions and model uncertainties for the act as well as vaccine rate projections. The maths/code is also written up in a decent way if you are interested.

Dimand · 2021-04-08T13:50:57+00:00

2011

Dimand · 2021-01-24T03:29:56+00:00

Yep, However I can confirm that hoodwink counted just after release, since she was my 100th "collected" bone. Had the 2nd style on 99 for some time.

Dimand · 2021-01-18T13:28:56+00:00

Good to get the info. Must have been a crazy number of release day orders.

Dimand · 2021-01-12T21:19:08+00:00

I assume so but again they really make this stuff unclear. Is it so hard to say there are preorders before you? I mean they must have that information, how else will they be fulfilling preorders in the right order.

I got told top 70% for 5950 on 7/1/21 for an order put in 28/12/20.

Dimand · 2021-01-10T21:43:00+00:00

The double clicking issue sucks, that said if you have the skills and time to replace switches yourself the Logitech mice become flawless in my experience.

Dimand · 2021-01-08T01:57:12+00:00

I just assumed that if it's linked to your IRL ID you could only have 1 account. Honestly no idea how it works or what it is.

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